Broadcasts On OS X

[Luis]

Hiya,

.255 is usually used as the broadcast IP for any routers/routing in the 
network.

The broadcast address is for _network broadcasts_. Change the IP address 
you're sending to so that it doesn't end in .222 or .0

Cheers,

Luis.


Bridger Maxwell wrote:
> Hey,
>  Today I was trying to get broadcasts working for a simple (very simple)
> chat program for use on a LAN that sends using broadcasts.  I was able to
> get the Windows version working fine, it sent to the IP 192.168.0.255 and
> all the other clients received it (PC and Mac), but I can't seem to send a
> broadcast on my OS X machine.  I am sending it to the same address, but no
> one receives it.  I ran the shell command ifconfig to divine the broadcast
> address (which was the same as the one the PC was using), but it didn't
> work.  Is there a different address I should be sending it to?
> 
> TTFN
>   Bridger
>   CMSEC
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